Nutshell symptoms and conditions

After reading numerous stories on this site, I feel like everyone has pretty summed up Mirena in a nutshell. I feel relieved to know that all of my symptoms are related to this contraceptive, but I also feel very angry. I'm angry, because I did ask my physician very specific questions before and after the IUD was inserted. I don't even take Advil for a headache, so the thought of placing "medicine" into me, was a huge deal. After a few months of the constant bleeding and cramping, I kept complaining of my abdomen being so bloated, as if I were pregnant again. I lost the baby weight quickly with my first, and with my second, it took a really long time. I'm the type who can eat anything, and the weight never stays on, so this was also concerning to me. The constant exhaustion I feel is ridiculous, and I feel like I could sleep and veg out all day. My memory seems to be distant, and my thoughts are sometimes fogged. Needless to say, I knew and kept saying to my husband that it was the mirena iud in me that was causing this. I made an appt w/ the doctor, and told her about the symptoms that I was having, and their reaction was nothing. Stating that it could be numerous things, and the bloating of the stomach was probably just from my body going through changes after having had children. I guess I should have taken action then, but I didn't and now I am. Tomorrow I am having this mirena removed, and I've never been more excited, because I can't wait to feel like myself again. Always listen to your gut, I'll keep updated with progress after removal......DON'T GET MIRENA!!!!

My dr. put me on Lipitor. I took it for 4 months. At the 4 month mark, I was SO depressed, I couldn't function. Crying constantly, no concentration..almost like I was in a trance most of the time. I had problems finding the correct words to use, was paranoid about everything and everyone. I actually thought I must be in the early stages of Alzheimer. Honestly..I didn't know what was wrong with me. I had an actual "pain" in my heart and pins and needles feelings in my fingers and hand on the right side. My forearm became terribly "achy". I went back to the dr. and she said.."oh, I think you're depressed!" Gave me a prescription for celexa (anti-depressant, and sent me on my way. I went home..decided that I WAS NOT going to take an anti-depressant and began to do a little research on the lipitor. Amazingly..I couldn't believe the info that I found with people who had the same symptoms as me! I stopped taking it immediately and within 2 days..my depression and paranoia went away. However I am left with such weakness and pain in my rt. forearm and bicep as well as both shoulders. I went back to the dr. and explained what I had done (guess I shouldn't have mentioned about what i had read on the internet) Because she wouldn't believe that the lipitor would cause that and also said that I had been off of it long enough now(4 months at that point), that any pain that i was experiencing would be all gone! She wouldn't believe me and made me feel like I was crazy!! So..now not sure what to do. Will the pain go away, I wonder? Is there a way to "detoxify" one's self to rid us of all the bad stuff or is the muscle damage permanent and does it keep on going and just keep destroying the muscles, even though we've stopped taking the stupid stuff?? I wish someone could come up with an answer, because I don't know who to go to ask. I can't believe how weak my arms have become since taking it. Will it ever improve I wonder?

I am 34 years old. I am a pharmacy tech. I have asthma and allergies. I have taken singulair pretty much every day since it came out on the market. I've had asthma since i was about 10 years old. I took theophylline as a kid. Steriods on and off especially during times when my allergies are bad. I still use Advair during the fall and spring. Every drug has a side effect. However breathing is pretty good damn thing. Do I have days when I feel low? Yeah. Do I sometimes have nightmares? Yup. Are "natural" products the answer. Not always. The fish oil that some of the posters are touting can also cause GI problems. Some of the natural products contain herbs and other plant derivatives that can be harmful for a child that suffers from allergies. Not proactively treating asthma can be deadly. Some of the parents are suggesting steriods as the answer - those can cause weight gain, growth suppression and can lead to a worsening of asthma.

Singulair has never made me feel like I've wanted to kill myself. I was more depressed and angry as kid when my asthma did not allow me to partipate in normal childhood things. I was sad and hated life when I couldn't keep up with friends at recces because I was having trouble breathing. You have to outweigh the costs with the benefits. I am more irritable when I have asthma flareup then I am on a normal day. For me, I choose to breathe. And singulair has been helping me for almost a decade.

I'm not saying the medication isn't causing these symptoms but maybe there is an underlying cause to your child's depression.

Any drug has a side effect. But without medical research and the medications that come with them - people would still be dying of simple diseases and we wouldn't have vaccinations. As a society, as a whole, we are a culture that looks to someone else to fix things and then blames the people who try to fix it. We need to stop being the "hot McDonald's coffee'" society.

Well here goes, I paranoid, cant go to the bathroom a lot of times, sweaty t times, sick at stomach here and there, get cold limbs sometimes. Cant remember short term at all, I honestly forget 1 minute ago , but not all the time, there is long term memory loss, which i really hate, NERVOUSNESS is horrible, stress and anxiety can be very high , unless my life is in an ideal status which is nearly never, I do get flu effects on and off, I must change patches every two days 10 percent of patients must do this, or you get withdrawals, and that is an experience in its own, you get body tremors really bad back aches, all over. nausea, tremors. If you get really hot a sweat because of the enviroment my patch runs out qucker and then you feel like you are about to collpase from to much drugs, its sort of like you get so weak and thirsty you feel like you will drop dead any moment. so avoid hig heated areas for lenghty time. I double cover my patch with clothing if outdoors without a choice.Im aggressive at times and then im often very depressed, a lot of times. Crying spells , stupid stuff i cant control, and Im no wimp so its hard to deal with. Im an ex jarhed so the weakness is character is hard to swallow. However if I didn't wear this patch i couldnt make it through a day without so much pain, that it would be unbearable. I was in the hospital weekly before this patch. I have severe back issues, things that cant be fixed, well thats it in a nutshell, there is more but you can ask me if you want, i have been on the patch for 3.5 years.

hi i have been on fifty mgs of lamictal for a month, depression was much better,,,,then pmd decided to fiddle faddle and says yes you are better but lets up the mgs to 100 mgs once a day,,,,i have sore throat,,walk into walls, freezing cold....and believe it or not,,,just started this drug yesterday at this dose...now,,i agree that these shrinks are just playing around and love to give out the samples that the drug salesperson brings in...son is into medical research...he told me it is all big business now,,,and to especially watch out for the druggist,,,they make terrible mistakes,,,,also the pharmaceutical companys cut back on active ingredients and this has been prove....my sore throat and sinus problem is very disturbing...in a nutshell ,,,i don't like this dosage and have to take it upon myself to cut down to fifty....we have to be proactive...after all it is our bodies and our minds....

I gained 10 pounds in the first month I was on Femcon. I have worked out for 30 minutes to an hour every day in the second month, with no results. I have always weighed around 120. Now at 130 I feel fat and uncomfortable, and my clothes are too tight. I feel bloated every day, and my stomach even looks bloated. My kids asked me if I was pregnant!!! My breasts have become so large and sore that I feel as if I am 7 months pregnant. Not to mention the embarrassment of having people stare at my chest - I started at 34DD so the sudden explosion of growth is definitely noticeable. I get nauseous almost every day and find it difficult to eat. In fact, I feel so much like I am pregnant that I actually took a home pregnancy test, which of course was negative. In a nutshell, I am miserable. I would not recommend this pill to anyone.

YES YES AND YES, I HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE SYMPTOMS. RATHER THAN ADDING YET ANOTHER SAGA AND PILLIORING THE DRUG AND ITS EFFECTS ON ME
HEREIN ARE A FEW THOUGHTS

1. There seem to be several groups of "Lipitor Sufferers" (LS) People who have taken it for Short Term versus and Long Term Takers.

2. One group of people appear to have reversals of symptoms or similar following ceasation of the drug taking, whilst another group seem to appear stuck with the symptoms.

3. NO-ONE SEEMS TO BE OFFERING A TREATMENT FOR ACHIEVING A REVERSAL OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LIPITOR.
Several People Are Asking.

4. this space is vacant because there seems far too many questions to add in to this debate.

I ask if I am to stop taking this drug, what is the best way in which to cease? And what is the manner or modality of action of this drug in order to take the optimum supplemennt or the like to try to achieve the best I can NOW.

So in a nutshell... WHat can I/we do to help ourselves Now?